Zoologist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History, Том 6West, Newman, 1848 |
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... feet in length ; its head , six feet in length , and its neck , also six feet in length , were the only parts constantly above water , and resembled those of a common snake : the creature passed them with great rapidity , " leaving a ...
... feet in length ; its head , six feet in length , and its neck , also six feet in length , were the only parts constantly above water , and resembled those of a common snake : the creature passed them with great rapidity , " leaving a ...
Страница 1933
... feet or paddles , and , when inclined , can move along the surface with rapid , direct and continuous motion . Professor Owen ( Zool . 2312 ) , in accordance with these views , declares the animal to be a seal , Phoca proboscidia or P ...
... feet or paddles , and , when inclined , can move along the surface with rapid , direct and continuous motion . Professor Owen ( Zool . 2312 ) , in accordance with these views , declares the animal to be a seal , Phoca proboscidia or P ...
Страница 1935
... feet in length ; again , in both crocodiles and tortoises floating on the surface of water , the back , and not the head and neck , must be the part most prominently and permanently visible . It is therefore mani- fest that no existing ...
... feet in length ; again , in both crocodiles and tortoises floating on the surface of water , the back , and not the head and neck , must be the part most prominently and permanently visible . It is therefore mani- fest that no existing ...
Страница 1957
... feet , two joints of the toes in the hind feet , and the whole of the claws are white . There is a band of white , about an inch in breadth , near the middle of the body , proceeding from the white of the belly , and nearly meet- ing on ...
... feet , two joints of the toes in the hind feet , and the whole of the claws are white . There is a band of white , about an inch in breadth , near the middle of the body , proceeding from the white of the belly , and nearly meet- ing on ...
Страница 1961
... feet high , and was perforated much after the fashion of a colony of sand- martins . From a friend I learned that the holes were from three to four feet deep . My excursion was made during the third week in April ; and the birds had not ...
... feet high , and was perforated much after the fashion of a colony of sand- martins . From a friend I learned that the holes were from three to four feet deep . My excursion was made during the third week in April ; and the birds had not ...
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Abdomen abundant anal angle animal antennæ apex APHIS apical appearance April Argyromiges August basal base Battel beneath bird black-throated diver body breeding British brown captured cilia colour common costal spot dark Duponchel eggs extremity eyes fascia feet ferruginous fish flying frequently fuscous genus glaucous gull gray green ground gull habits HALICTUS Haworth head inches inner margin insect July June Kilda Kirby larvæ legs length Lepidoptera lines Lithocolletis Loch male Melitta metathorax middle naturalists nearly neighbourhood nervures nest nigro-piceous North Uist Northfleet observed Occurrence October pair pale fulvous pale yellow paler Palpi piceous plumage Posterior wings pubescence punctured rare red-throated diver remarkable resembles ring ouzel sea-serpent seen segments September shining shot side species specimens streak summer Swanscombe tail taken tarsi tegulæ Thorax tibiæ tree viviparous viviparous female white pubescence winter Wood young Zeller Zool Zoologist
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